Eisenhower Maintains Neutral Stance On Senate Leadership
President-elect Eisenhower remains neutral on Senate leadership. GOP senators Carlson and Smith indicate Taft could be Republican leader if he seeks it, while Bridges shown unlikely to contest. Taft has offered for the post but not pursued a fight, and Durkin’s labor-law remarks spark talk of talks with Taft.
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Taft
GOP
Eisenhower
Senate Republicans
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Senate
Carlson
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
82Nd
Rin P. Durkin
AFL
Durkin
Woman Slays Mate in Self Defense Claim
In Cleveland a 39 year old woman, Mae Durden, claimed she killed her 44 year old husband Raymond with an axe in self defense after waking to find him wielding the weapon. He died from twelve axe wounds as police investigated the incident and its 15 hour aftermath.
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Cleveland
Mae Durden
Tor
Frank Dimperio
Raymond
Dimperio
Durden
Dimperia
Police Ouster Case Reviewed in Ohio Court
The Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review an appellate ruling that two suspended Cleveland officers, Wayne B. Sorge and William J. Kelch, deserve full trials in common pleas court rather than mere review of Cleveland Civil Service Commission actions. The commission previously upheld the police director on misconduct charges tied to promotions.
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Columbus
Ohio Onus
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Cleveland Civil Service Commission
Common Pleas Court
Commission
Poicety
Wayne B. Sorge
William J. Kelch
Ohio Legislature Eyes Four Year Terms For Officials
Columbus Ohio The Ohio General Assembly will study four year terms for elected officials and state senators replacing current two year terms. The Ohio Program Commission backed four year tenure and recommended the change after studying executive functions. The plan may involve only even-numbered years for elections and would not affect state representatives.
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Ohio
General Assembly
Ohio Program Commission
Arthur 8
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
D. Eisenhower
Federal Civil Service Commission
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cleveland
Bartanek
Navy Rocket Sets Record at White Sands Proving Ground
The Navy Viking 9 rocket rose 135 miles to match the single stage altitude record set by Viking 7, at White Sands Proving Grounds Las Cruces New Mexico. The craft weighed 7.5 tons and 42 feet long carrying upper air instruments as it reached about 3900 miles per hour before fuel exhaustion.
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Navy
Defense Department
Army White Sands Proving Grounds
Las Cruces
N. M
Army
WAC
Secrest Plans Free GI Mail Bill
Rep. Secrest of Ohio said he will draft a bill to allow military care packages to be sent postage free to troops overseas. He cited Howard M. Cole of the VFW noting the Ladies Auxiliary paid over 400 in postage for Korea bound boxes and called such charges excessive.
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Washington
Secrest
Ohio
Howard M. Cole
Ohio Department
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Korea
Cole
Part Siamese Twins Born In Cuyahoga Hospital
Two girls born Sunday as Siamese twins in a Cuyahoga hospital were separated after three hours and were reported getting along fine. The mother’s condition was described as excellent and the twins were placed in separate incubators at Mt Sinai Hospital.
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Mt. Sinai Hospital
Duke of Wind sor to skip Elizabeth II coronation
The report states that the Duke of Wind sor and his American wife will not attend Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, citing personal reasons and travel plans.
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Paris
Duke of Windsor
Tito breaks ties with Vatican amid religious row
In Belgrade Premier Tito severs diplomatic relations with the Vatican after Vatican charges of persecution. The move follows a British pressure front with Archbishop Fisher and Eden urging a visit next March. Tito warns he will not travel to Britain unless many Britons favor the trip.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Alolaife
Stepanie
Silvio di Oddi
Eenat En
Aus Notin
London
Oe Geoffrey
Fisher
Britain
Canterbury
Anthony Eden
Tito
Anak
Sharp Patrol Fights Mark Korea Action
Allied Sabre jet pilots engaged in four dogfights over North Korea. One Communist MIG15 was shot down just north of the Yalu River with four more damaged. Col. James K. Johnson credited with the kill, alongside several pilots who damaged MIGs. Short patrol clashes limited ground troop involvement.
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Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
James K. Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Minn
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Falls
Mich
Vermont Garrison
Mt. Victory
Edwin H. Finlayson
Monticello
Fla
U.S. Eighth Army
Jets Honor Famed Fliers in Kitty Hawk Tribute
Three Air Force Sabre jets prepared a historic Kill Devil run in Kitty Hawk North Carolina to celebrate Wright brothers legacy. An F-86 speed trial aimed to break the sonic barrier with a triple sonic boom as jets dived from 40,000 feet to cross the barrier near 760 miles per hour before pulling up.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Air Force
Wright, Coker
Cold Weather Hits Dixie With Freezing Temperatures
Frigid air swept the sunny south with near freezing lows across Florida and Dixie for the third straight day. Temperatures dipped to the 20s in northern Alabama Georgia and Mississippi while Florida towns like Tampa and Jacksonville logged 37 and 35 degrees. Smudge fires burned in citrus groves and vegetable farms during the night as a warming trend forecast.
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Southland
Florida
Dixie
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tampa
Jacksonville
Red Foley Weds Sally Sweet in Iuka Mississippi
Nashville singer Red Foley married Sally Sweet, a TV and radio entertainer, on October 28 in Iuka Mississippi. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace, and the couple delayed the announcement due to Sweet's mother's ill health. Sweet's former husband had previously sued Foley for $100,000 last spring.
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Nashville
Tenn
Clyde (Red) Foley
Sally Sweet
Foley
Iuka
Mias
Book Only Clue to Death Plunge by Athens Native
Athens native Grace M. Poston a 38 year old former Columbus newspaperwoman and New York writer leaped from the eighth floor of a downtown Columbus hotel. She was registered at the Fort Haven Hotel shortly before noon and died two hours later. The coroner ruled death by own action. Police found a copy of Eric Ambler's Judgment on Delchev in her room, which showed a jumping woman on the cover.
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Columbus
Grace M. Poston
Athens
New York
Miss Poston
Ohio State
Fort Haven
Robert A. Evans
Eric
Truman Orders Unified Security Plan For UN Personnel
President Truman directs the State Justice and Civil Service agencies to craft a plan to guarantee maximum security for U N personnel. Attorney General James McGranery announced the order after a panel urged ousting any UN employee who refused to answer about espionage or subversive ties. Senator Alexander Wiley backed the move as a service to solve UN subversive issues before Eisenhower’s inauguration.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
McGranery
U. S. Atty
Myles J. Lane
State and Justice Departments
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Teygve le
Jersey City's Mayor Faces Probe Over Waterfront Corruption
New York State Crime Commission records describe Mayor John V. Kenny as shielding waterfront racketeers and demoting a safety commissioner who refused to crack a gambling squad. Kenny denies the charge and travels to New York to testify.
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New York
Jersey City
John V. Kenny
State Crime Commission
Kenny
New Jersey
Commission
Charlies E. Witkowski
Kenny Brought About His Demotion From Commissioner of Public Safety
Commissioner of Public Works
Six Children Die in Blaze Near North Little Rock
An explosion and fire destroyed a three room house two miles from North Little Rock, killing six children in the Hilton Meares family. Ruth 9 Patsy 6 Ronnie 4 Jean 2 and Johnny 9 months died. parents and sister Shirley 12 were hospitalized in critical or serious condition.
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Ark
Hilton Me
Ruth
Patsy
Ronnie
Jean
Johnny
Shirley
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
Kenton man held after trailer rammed school bus
A Fort Wayne man was held on an open charge after his tractor trailer rammed a school bus. Four of the bus’s 12 occupants were injured, with the collision occurring in front of him.
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Kenton, C
Fort Wayne, Ind
Columbus School Board Approves Teacher Pay Raises
Columbus Ohio educators and other Columbus Board of Education members will receive monthly raises ranging from seven to twenty five dollars effective after January 1. The board approved the schedule during a night session, marking a notable increase in teacher salaries.
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Columbus, C
Columbus Board of Education
University School Receives 100000 Gift From William Starkweather
University School announced a donation of 100000 from William Starkweather a former Cleveland lawyer. The gift supports programs at the institution and reflects Starkweather’s longtime ties to the city.
DiSalle Returns as Price Stabilizer Ahead of Inauguration
Washington reports Michael V. DiSalle named economic stabilizer to oversee price and wage controls for a planned twenty day period. He plans to resign to the new president elect and will replace Roger Putnam, while Putnam returns to private business in Springfield. The briefing included Henry Fowler and officials from the Wage Stabilization Commission.
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Washington
Michael. V. DiSalle
Toledo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Defense
Henry Fowler
NATO Backs French Fight in Indochina as Vital to West
NATO today stated the French struggle against the Communist Vietminh in Indochina is as important to the West as Korea. No plan for collective action was announced. A foreign ministers council resolution urged resistance to aggression everywhere as essential to free world security.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Indochina
NATO
Council of Foreign Ministers
Southeast Asia
Korea
Farmers Net Income Close to 1951 Totals
The Agricultural Department estimates that farmers will net about 14.3 billion dollars this year after higher production costs. Although gross income rises to a new record, net income remains near last year's level of 14.3 billion.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Power Blast Kills Worker at Hotel Hollenden
An electrical explosion in the basement of the Hotel Hollenden killed worker Carl Brown and burned two others, Harold Wagner and Joseph Angus, seriously injuring Wagner. The 4600 volt switch pull triggered the blast, which darkened the hotel and nearby areas for over an hour as CEI crews investigated.
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Cleveland
Hollenden
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Electric Company
Carl Brown
Harold Wagner
Lutheran Hospital
Joseph Angus
CEI
Renew Search For Children In Naperville Quarry
An intensive 10 day search for a 6 year old girl and a 3 year old boy was renewed after draining a large quarry failed to find their bodies. The community project saw volunteers, led by Mayor Charlies Wellner, keep vigil around the quarry edge where bloodhounds directed efforts.
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Naperville
Ill
Charlies Wellner
United Nations Vote on Morocco Resolutions Expected
The General Assembly Political Committee neared a vote on rival Morocco resolutions urging France and the Protectorate to negotiate. Asia and Arab sponsors pressed for early settlement honoring Moroccan sovereignty while Latin American sponsors sought urgent talks to develop free political institutions under international law. Pakistan proposed amending the Latin American draft for self government for Moroccans.
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Morocco
France
General Assembly
Spoi
Law of Nations
Pakistan
Seven Counts For Perjury Are Denied
Federal grand jury accuses Owen Lattimore of lying about ties to communism and suppresses six additional points as material. Lattimore calls the charges pure moonshine and notes his position at Johns Hopkins University. The indictment stems from 12 days of testimony before the Senate internal security subcommittee amid IPR inquiries.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Inter- Moray
Tocthai
Senate
L Lattimore
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wi
Lattimore
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopking University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Archimore
Sen. Mundt
R-S. D
Sohn Garret Vincent Vincent
State Department
Tangier
Civil Service Commission
Mundt
Sen. Watkins
R-Utsh
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ran
D-Nev
Saco
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Storms Halt Ship Salvage Near Leghorn Italy
Violent winds and heavy seas again battered the U. S. refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer near Leghorn Italy delaying Navy salvage of its two grounded halves. About 176 tons of foodstuffs remain aboard as 50 mile per hour winds churn the sea and the stern half holds 13 crewmen taken aboard before dark yesterday.
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Leghorn
Italy
U. S
Grommet
Navy
Oe U
Navy Aeieptees
Spectators view Billy Cook in unproven coffin display
Curious onlookers filed past the open coffin of William Billy Cook in Coman Oklahoma as protesters clashed with the slayer's family. Cook, executed at San Quentin Prison, stirred calls for an immediate halt to the exhibition from relatives in Joplin Missouri.
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Coman Okla
William
Billy) Cook
Cook
Sankin
Joplin
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